When.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Henri, Count of Chambord - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri,_Count_of_Chambord

    Henri, Count of Chambord and Duke of Bordeaux (French: Henri Charles Ferdinand Marie Dieudonné d'Artois, duc de Bordeaux, comte de Chambord; 29 September 1820 – 24 August 1883), [1] was the Legitimist pretender to the throne of France as Henri V from 1844 until his death in 1883.

  3. English claims to the French throne - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_claims_to_the...

    However, under the treaty, Henry instead took the title "heir (héritier) of France" in place of king of France. [34] For Henry V, successfully pursuing the claim to the French throne and establishing a Lancastrian "dual monarchy" of England and France became a key objective for securing the prestige and position of the new Lancastrian dynasty ...

  4. Henry V of England - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_V_of_England

    The loss of land in France was a major contributing factor in causing Henry V's heirs and relatives to descend into civil strife and quarrel over the succession of the English crown in ensuing decades, culminating in the Wars of the Roses (1455–1487) between Henry V's descendants, the House of Lancaster, and its rival, the House of York.

  5. Catherine of Valois - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Valois

    A daughter of King Charles VI of France, she married King Henry V of England [1] and was the mother of King Henry VI. [a] Catherine's marriage was part of a plan to eventually place Henry V on the throne of France, and perhaps end what is now known as the Hundred Years' War. But, although her son Henry VI was later crowned in Paris, the war ...

  6. List of French monarchs - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_French_monarchs

    Charles X named Louis Philippe as Lieutenant général du royaume, a regent to the young Henry V, and charged him to announce his desire to have his grandson succeed him to the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the French Parliament at the time, the French equivalent at the time of the UK House of Commons. Louis Philippe did not do this ...

  7. Treaty of Troyes - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Troyes

    The Treaty of Troyes was an agreement that King Henry V of England and his heirs would inherit the French throne upon the death of King Charles VI of France.It was formally signed in the French city of Troyes on 21 May 1420 in the aftermath of Henry's successful military campaign in France. [1]

  8. Siege of Harfleur - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Harfleur

    Henry V of England invaded France following the failure of negotiations with the French. He claimed the title of King of France through his great-grandfather Edward III, although in practice the English kings were generally prepared to renounce this claim if the French would acknowledge the English claim on Aquitaine and other French lands (the terms of the Treaty of Brétigny). [5]

  9. List of heirs to the French throne - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_heirs_to_the...

    Coat of arms of the Dauphin of France, a title used by the heir-apparent to the French throne from 1350 to 1791, and from 1824 to 1830. Heraldic crown of the Dauphin of France. The following is a list of the heirs to the throne of the Kingdom of France, that is, those who were legally next in line to assume the throne upon the death of the King.